The Washington critic., 1887-01-21
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
Susan B. Anthony on the Progress
it Has Made.
THE COMING CONVENTION.
Come OF the Leading Delegates Who
VIII Make Addresses.

Many successive Wlnter5 nave
brought Miss Susan B. Anthony to
Washington at this time TO complete
the arrangements for the annual con-
vention of the National Woman
Suffrage Association. This winter is
no exception to the rule, aud this
morning Miss Anthony welcomed re.
porter, who called upon her at the
Riggs House. Miss Anthony scarcely
changes at all In appearance. The
opening of some new avenue of en-
ploy ment for women, or some new
CLEAN Of hope from State legislature
always comes opportuncly to Offset the
effects of years and labors that might
otherwise be adding new wrinkles or
whitening more hairs. She greeted
her caller with bright smile Of
welcome.
"Well,' she exclaimed, 1--WE are
coming again-coming from every
State, and, with much earnestness of
purpose and much added strength
from the encouragement of the past
year, believe our convention will be
larger than ever before and progress
will be reported from every direction.
] have just returned from n tour of
four Northwestern States, In each of
which the Legislatures are coming to
the aid of women, and women are help
ing themselves. Our presidcnO Mrs.
Stanton, will not be with us this year,
as she Is In England, but / have n
splendid letter from her to read to the
convention. We expect reports of the
work In every State, aud in almost all
there has been gratifying progress.
Next year the association will cee-
brate It's fortieth anniversary-forty
years during which have never spent
year without visiting many States In
the interest of the cause, and 10 each
of which / have seen much accom-
plshtd. ] do not know of any cause
In the worlds history that has spread
more within lifetime than has this
cause of woman In this country.
remember, distinctly, when there were
not half dozen avocations open to
women, and when the obstacles to her
participation in active business life
were insurmountable. The expansion
of woman's sphere of usefulness, the
increase of compensation and of inllu-
ence have been marvellous. Women
are gradually attaining all their rights,
and every step gained in every direc.
tion is a step toward gaining suffrage.
Fourteen States have yielded in some
way to her claims, and nearly every
State Is now considering them.
''At our fortieth anniversary we
propose to have union of every
al, nc
sentatives of all these associations will
show what has been accomplished in
many directions in fitting women foI
the exercise of the ballot and demon
strating the necessity Of giving 1t to
her. After our anniversary the younger
women must come to the front and lei
some of the older ones retire. Forty
years is enough for one woman, and We
must be relieved. But don't say any.
thing about my growing older or fee
bier or breaking In health, or anything
of that sort-reporters just say such
things TO round out sentence, not be-
Cause there is any truth in them
The nineteenth annual convention in
this city will be held at the Metro )oli
tan M. L. Church on the afternoons
and evenings of January 25, 90 and 81,
executive sessions being held on the
mornings of each of those days at the
Riggs House. Rev. DR.. Newman will
open the public sessions with prayer
Miss Anthony will deliver the annua
address and read n letter from the
absent president, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. Reports will be submitted
by the vice presidents for each State
and addresses will be de
livered by Ph~be Cozzens, Isa
bella Hooker, Rev. Olympia Brown
Elizabeth Herbert, Lille Devereu'
Blake, Harrietta Shattuck. Clara Ney
man, May Wright Scwall, Clara Colby
Mary Howell, Mary Eastman, Zereldi
Wallace and Hannah Whitehall Smith
Senator Blair has promised to en-
deavor to secure debate in the Senat,
on the Woman Suffrage amendment tt
the Constitution during the time whei
the convention Is In session.
The programme made public promi
ses that every session will be Of NOR
than ordinary interest. AT the frs
session of the afternoon on the 25tl
inst. at $3.50, Susan b. Anthony will
deliver the opening address, and will
be followed by Harriet II. Shattuck, OF
The Women who ask and the Womel
who Object" In the evening at 7:3O
Susan b. Anthony will again speak
frd will be followed by Mary Seymou
Howell, on "The Dawning of the Twen
.,leh Century" AT the afternoon ses
sion of Wednesday, the goth, addresse
will he made by May Wright Scwall
en- "The Conditions of Liberty
Elizabeth Boynton, on Our Motherles
Government, and Isabella Beeche
Hooker, on "The Constitutional Right
of the Women of the United States.
The speakers of the evening session II
cludes Phoebe Couzins, whose wit
well known. The programme Il
Clara b. Colby, The Roman an
American Republics; Madam Clar
Neyman, "Sceptics and Scepticism.
Zerelda G. Wallace, "Woman's Ball,
necessity for the Permanency OF Ere
Institutions" Phoebe w. Couzin
Liberty Eplighlening the World.
The afternoon session of Thursday Il
27th will be devoted to short address,
by delegates and the closing session
the evening will be occupied by MAJ
Il. Eastman, "Womnn, Peril to u
State" Lille Devcreux Blake, "Tl
Rights of Man" Rev, Olympia Bro VI
"Thc Symbol of Liberty" and SnsO
b. Anthony who win deliver the clio